[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Objects object.c,2.95,2.96

[Tim Peters]

[Trent Mick]
> > ...
> >   	if (vtp->tp_compare == NULL) {
> > ! 		Py_uintptr_t iv = (Py_uintptr_t)v;
> > ! 		Py_uintptr_t iw = (Py_uintptr_t)w;
> > ! 		return (iv < iw) ? -1 : 1;
> >   	}
> Can't you just do the cast for the comparison instead of making new
> variables?

Any compiler worth beans will optimize them out of existence.  In the
meantime, it makes each line (to my eyes) short, clear, and something I can
set a debugger breakpoint on in debug mode if I suspect the cast isn't
working as intended.